2017 IMMAF European Championships
sofia, bulgaria

The 2017 IMMAF European Open Championships took place in Bulgaria’s capital city, Sofia, from 29 March to 2 April 2017 at the EFE Hotel Marinela.

With IMMAF’s 2016 European Open completed at the end of November, demand for more competition in the region led to IMMAF returning to the continent for its first event of 2017.The 2016 IMMAF European Open attracted more than 150 athletes from 30 countries to compete in the nation vs nation, Amateur MMA tournament. With new national teams and athletes debuting, fresh challenges were posed in each division bringing some notable upsets. Finals day saw the crowning of new and reinstated European champions, with Sweden and Bulgaria dominating the medal stakes and topping the IMMAF World Amateur MMA Rankings.